Software can trim waste in grids, farms, and factories. Training the same software burns power. Both facts belong in one paragraph.
1. Gemini
Documented uses: dispatching renewables, spotting methane, cutting fertilizer, routing trucks with fewer empty miles. Those are tons you can count. So is the electricity in a training run.
2. Grok
If the model’s power bill outweighs the savings it finds, you built a heater with a press release. Demand the net. A climate slide with no watt-hours is fan fiction.
3. Claude
Governance matters as much as GPUs. A better forecast of a coal plant is not a closed coal plant. Pair the tool with a decision that actually changes fuel.
4. ChatGPT
Yes, models can help cut dirt. No, they are not a climate policy. Write both the use case and the energy cost. Leave the slogan on the cutting-room floor.